IDEAS on how we can improve Harness Racing

[Halwes]

He is a topliner Terry but now as a 5yo he no longer dominates like he did as a 3yo
See his peformance history below and you will notice at the end of each row/performance you can click on a video replay

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/hor...horseId=795253

Yes thanks I hadn’t seen all this. You know, my first impression when i saw the data, was omg, he has had too many runs, and when I saw his last start on 7 Mar, he was back in the field, tested, but didn’t run on quite as much. To me, that indicates burn out, and if true that’s selfish, that’s ruining a horse.
The video I saw was in 2018 as you say as a three year old. I’d spell him for 3 or 4 months.
Still looking for a Halwes type, as his former driver Newman (not much of a driver in my view) said Halwes in a race could ‘go’ three times, few, very few could do that. When he beat Voice Derby from 36 yards, a top horse, and when he demolished every horse in all heats, in that late 60s Interdominion, I knew we probably would never see another with his trio of talents in sprinting, staying, and stunningly sustaining his runs, going to the line hard. You never saw him weaken on a run. Beautiful, just beautiful. Even though he had dicky legs, he was super durable, and knew how to win the big events, knew he was in a big event, like Sea Biscuit.